Landon Donovan: "I played in Germany when I was 17. The guy who coached our under 16 team was 60 years old and had been doing it for 25 years. He wasn't trying to be the first team coach. He was o...

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Original Title: Landon Donovan: “I played in Germany when I was 17. The guy who coached our under 16 team was 60 years old and had been doing it for 25 years. He wasn’t trying to be the first team coach. He was one of their best coaches and they wanted him developing the 16-year-olds and we do it opposite here.”